Day's mystus
Mystus bleekeri
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A catfish from South Asia (India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar), from lakes, rivers and canals. Captive breeding has not been recorded.
- Scientific name
- Mystus bleekeri
- Family
- Bagridae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Bagridae
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Synonyms
- Aoria bleekeri, Bagrus keletius, Macrones bleekeri, Macrones bleekeri burmanicus, Mystus bleekeri burmanicus
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 18–26 °C
- pH
- 5.8–8
- General hardness (GH)
- 3–30 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 15.5 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 108 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 120 cm
Behavior
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Swimming level
- Bottom
Care
- Care difficulty
- Easy
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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